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Long known as a resource-rich region to international mining firms, Africa's economy has been turning heads recently for other reasons.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DAVID BERMAN 2011

SYDNEY — Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday offshore gas projects it's helping to develop and operate in Australia are over budget and face delays amid rising costs for engineering services and a tight labor market in the resource-rich nation.

Exxon Says Australian Projects Delayed, Over Budget Ross Kelly 2011

In 2010, the top destination for foreign investment was North America, but nearly half of that went to resource-rich Canada.

China Turns Investment Eye to Europe Aaron Back 2012

Much of Hunnu's exploration and mining licenses are in the resource-rich Gobi desert, including in the coveted Tavan Tolgoi region in South Gobi, just across China's northern border, and comprise both thermal and high-quality coking coal reserves.

Banpu Seeks Full Control of Australia's Hunnu Coal Phisanu Phromchanya 2011

The initial wave of overseas investment was led by the purchase of mining and energy companies by China's state sector, and therefore was concentrated in resource-rich regions like Australia and Latin America.

China Turns Investment Eye to Europe Aaron Back 2012

To expand on this point, Chinese investment in resource-rich, troubled parts of the world may have some positive side effects, namely, China will have a greater stake in averting local conflicts.

U.S.-China summit: New jobs, human rights, state dinner Daniel Kliman 2011

It should look no further than the oil-rich sheikdoms of the Middle East, which after a long history of investing overseas are poised to look seriously at the resource-rich Pacific nation for the first time.

Australia May Be Poised to Draw Mideast Investment Andrew Critchlow 2011

Qatar has begun talks on supplying natural gas to China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., in the latest move by the resource-rich Arab emirate to build exposure to fast-growing Asian demand for clean er fuels.

Business Watch 2011

A handful of resource-rich countries with poor governance grades—Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Equatorial Guinea —had broken through.

Politics Plays Part in Achieving Rich-Nation Status Mark Whitehouse 2011

DOHA — Qatar has begun talks on supplying natural gas to China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, known as Sinopec Corp., in the latest move by the resource-rich Arab emirate to build exposure to fast-growing Asian demand for cleaner fuels.

Qatar Discusses LNG Supply With Sinopec Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011